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trbab032886
03-19-2006, 10:32 PM
heres a pic of my new grill that i got last week, fighting with my conscience on whether or not i should paint it...what do you think???

o, and prokit is coming this week!!! happy b-day me!! (cabpatch)


http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e237/trbab032886/CIMG0816.jpg
tunersteve
03-19-2006, 11:37 PM
Either paint it, or paint the center of the hood black. Definitely improves the look of the car, the grille is nice.
lasermp5
03-19-2006, 11:39 PM
yo wanna see my wa?

(sorry couldn't resist)
trbab032886
03-20-2006, 01:26 AM
ya i had to say that to my gf when i got it...as much as a ihate that song!!!
tonyzoomzoom
03-20-2006, 01:37 AM
Just to give u a rough idea of how your grille would look after being painted

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/820/rx8s0070rw.jpg
trbab032886
03-20-2006, 01:41 AM
that looks disgustingly amazing...got any other shots?!?!
trbab032886
03-20-2006, 01:42 AM
o and those rx-8 wheels are hot, nice car man
ZoomVT
03-20-2006, 10:08 AM
i say you get a carbon fiber hood and then paint the outsides, leaving the center black. BC31 here has done it i think, and it looks awesome.
Welcome to the forum.
trbab032886
03-21-2006, 01:12 AM
thanks for the input man, cf hood might be a lil ways off, but doable
DERA
03-21-2006, 01:40 AM
why we're on the subject of grills, has anyone seen any nice clean ones for the hatchback? or carbonfiber ones, for that matter?
tunersteve
03-21-2006, 01:54 AM
shave the side door mouldings too, thats makes it look better
36Crazyfists
03-21-2006, 02:00 AM
for sure, get rid of the side moldings and paint the center of your hood to match
trbab032886
03-21-2006, 10:50 AM
i dunno bout painting the center of the hood, as i really like the body color grille that tony zoomzoom has, but the family sedan side molding are coming off when its nice out, and it has either been sucking on my days off or im at work and its nice outside. im hoping for this weekend though, along with my prokit!!!
tunersteve
03-21-2006, 02:07 PM
i dunno bout painting the center of the hood, as i really like the body color grille that tony zoomzoom has, but the family sedan side molding are coming off when its nice out, and it has either been sucking on my days off or im at work and its nice outside. im hoping for this weekend though, along with my prokit!!!

Although I have a Protege, painting my hood was one of the best decisions I ever made regarding the looks of the car. That alone gets me more compliments than anything else. A lot of people ask if someone designed the car, but I just tell them that it was something that I though enhanced the look of it. To me its like something Foose would do to a car; subtle, but it gets attention.
trbab032886
03-21-2006, 02:25 PM
tunersteve...pics pics pics!!!
tunersteve
03-21-2006, 03:47 PM
As you requested...

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=61128

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=61124

Those should give you a good enough idea of what im talking about. Also, when I painted mine, I didn't just use a standard black, but the Brilliant Black Mica that they use on most Mazda vehicles. It has a silver/blue/green metallic, but at a distance ive had people mistake it for CF. PM me if you've got any questions.
ZoomVT
03-21-2006, 04:56 PM
thats hot.
if i get a grill i would probably keep it stock color but this is a very good alternative.
trbab032886
03-22-2006, 02:13 AM
unique and hot! kudos! might be a lil much of a commitment for me, kind of a once you start, no turning back situation, but looks great on yours...thanks for the input!